Welcome Guest! If you are already a member of the BMW MOA, please log in to the forum in the upper right hand corner of this page. Check "Remember Me?" if you wish to stay logged in.

We hope you enjoy the excellent technical knowledge, event information and discussions that the BMWMOA forum provides.
Why not take the time to join the club, so you can enjoy posting on
the forum, the club magazine, and all of the discounts and benefits the BMWMOA offers?Want to read the MOA monthly magazine for free? Take a 3-month test ride of the magazine; check here for details.

If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You will need to join the MOA before you can post: click this register link to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

NOTE. Some content will be hidden from you. If you want to view all content, you must register for the forum if you are not a member, or if a member, you must be logged in.

WV Podunk Rides #7

I wrote this up last week or sometime and forgot to post. Enjoy

These past few days I've been hitting the back roads on back roads, some paved, most turn to gravel and 2 spots where I had no other choice than turn around cos of the mud. Gravel sure, but mud no thanks, not on this bike.

A number of the roads, I've past countless times and felt I should know at least where they go. WV invented the backroads, there's a lot to cover and the gazetteer helped bring it to light.

I would guess I cover close to 500 miles of roads in areas close Ravenswood, such as the interior county roads between Rt 68 and just past Interstate 77, and the farthest route led me to Buffalo via Evans.

These are the type of roads where you pass maybe 2 trucks in an hours time, mountain roads that crest at the peak with great green views and wildlife, sporadic mobile homes precariously perched in the most impossible places, this is the cut. I found places where I could reside in the hills. The valleys are wonderful but notorious for flooding. The roads are hit and miss, sometimes good sometimes not much to it. I aimed for loops but it's easy to get turned around, ending up in spots that don't make sense. It's been the best riding this year that I did a route this morning, it's addictive and it's making me jonse for a dirtbike.

On Medina Rd looking for road 3, I finally narrowed it down to the right branch of the road. A couple were on the porch smoking. I yell, "Is this 3?" The man answers "Yeah, but you aint going down it on that…" mentioning 4 wheelers and other devices made for such roads. Oddly enough I ended up on road 3 this morning on the opposite side which indeed turned to mud. I heeded the warning…

Roads between Rt 87, Rt 62 and Rt 21 were surprisingly decent, even the back back roads. Man it was nice. Green hills, the road riding their backs, breaking out of the trees hiding the sky. 21 coming back from Charleston I branched off on 19 that hit the middle of Rt 34. 34 is 18 miles of 35mph corners.